Hundreds demonstrate in Bern against Syria fighting
Several hundred people have demonstrated in Bern gainst the advance of Syrian government troops into Kurdish areas in the north and east of the country.
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Shortly before 7pm on Thursday, the demonstration moved from Bahnhofplatz towards Bundesplatz.
The demonstrators chanted “Free free Rojava”, among other things, as a reporter from the Keystone-SDA news agency observed at the scene. Fireworks and other pyrotechnics were also set off. A rally on the Bundesplatz was tolerated, the cantonal police announced on Platform X.
In Syria, government troops and allies have been advancing further and further into the Kurdish regions in the north and east of the country for several days. The background to this is a dispute over the integration of the previously autonomously administered Kurdish regions into the state order.
A ceasefire that was actually announced last Sunday now appears to be effectively over.
Translated from German by AI/mga
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